Educational card game



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Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON B. PHIFER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOB T0 EUGENE H. PHIFER, OIF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

EDUCATIONAL CARD GAME.

Application fil-ed August 4, 1927. Serial No. 210,583.

This invention relates to a card game.

It is aimed to provide a novel arithmetical game which will appeal to both young and old to afford amusement and enjoyment and as well especially teach the school child to become more accurate in the use of figures.

Another object is to provide such a game involving addition, substraction, and multiplication, in which the figures to be subtracted are arranged differently with respect to those to be added, that is, in different.

tables.

The more specific objects and advantages will becomev apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating a set of cards carrying out the invention.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a group of addition cards,

gigure 2 is a group of subtraction cards, an

Figure 3 is a group of multiplication cards.

Referring specifically to the drawings, I use a desired number of cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication, such as those at a, b, and c in the groups of Figures 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Each group may have cards to any desired number, but as preferred twelve cards are used and shown for each group.

It will be noted that each card contains instructions for the playingthereof, at both top and bottom, and that such instructions at top and botom are reversed so that no matter which way the card is turned, instructions can be read.

Also each card has a large numeral d thereon indicating the amount to be added, subtractcd, or multiplied. The large numerals d of the subtraction cards b are at the. uppermost left hand corner` of the card while those at e and f of the cards aand a`for addition and multiplication a'r'e 'at the upper right hand corner of the cards. 'Ihis is advantageous in calculating totals since the numerals .of the cards a and o are both to be added while those of cards b are to be subtracted. Thus two separate rows of the figures for addition and subtraction result.

It will be noted that each card c has thei square of the lar e numeral thereon in small numerals as at fg numerals to be added and others having so that when' viewing the card, the player, especially a child, will have the quotient of such a number squared impressed upon his mind.

In playing the game, any number of players may participate and a certain number of cards dealt according to any desired order, to eac-h of the players. The object is to hold cards-totalling 100 or any other arbitrary total. The first player holding such a total of 100 wins the game. After the cards are dealt, each player in rotation may call for any desired card from another player and failing to obtain it must discard one card onto those undealt, or optionally he may draw one card from those undealt. Other rules for playing may also be used. In calculating the winner, all numerals appear- .ing on the left of the cards are added while all appearing on the right of the cards are subtracted from that total.

I claim:

1. A game comprising cards having numerals thereon, certain of the cards having numerals to be subtracted from the total of those added, the numerals to be added and subtracted appearing in different rows.

2. A game comprising cards having numerals thereon, certain of the cards having numerals to be added and others having numerals to be subtracted from the total of those added, the numerals to be added and substracted appearing on opposite sides of the cards. f

3. A game comprising cards, certain of the cards having addition numerals thereon, certain of the cards having multiplication numerals thereon, both sets of numerals being adapted for adding, and certain cards having subtraction numerals thereon, the latter numerals being arranged on a different side of the cards to the other numerals.

4. A game comprising cards having addi- 'tion numerals thereon, cards having multisignature.

SIMON B. PHIFEB. 

